Elvis Phương, (born Phạm Ngọc Phương;
Thủ Dầu Một
Thủ Dầu Một () is the capital city of Bình Dương province, Vietnam, located at around . The city has an area of 118.66 km², with a population of 417,000 (as of 2018), and is located 20 km north of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, on ...
; 1 February 1945) is a popular
Vietnamese singer.
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Life
Phương spent his youth in
Saigon
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and became a popular performer in
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
before having to leave following the
fall of Saigon in 1975. In the 1990s, he started to take trips back to Vietnam on a regular basis, and again became a popular singer there. However, some Vietnamese refugee communities overseas were angered by his decision to perform in Vietnam and initially responded by boycotting and cancelling his performances.
References
Elvis Phươngo
Doligo Music
20th-century Vietnamese male singers
1945 births
Living people
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